Itinerary from Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais between nature and colonial cities

To its citizens it is Beagá. To the rest of the world it is called Belo Horizonte. Certainly, this city in south-east Brazil, the first to be designed according to a precise urban plan, is the key to 'entering' the State of Minas Gerais. It was here that the modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer practically began his dazzling career, designing the Architectural Complex of Pampulha, consisting of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, the Iate Tênis Clube, the Casa de Baile and the Casino, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Niemeyer himself, almost at the end of his long life, also signed the Cidade Administrativa Presidente Tancredo Neves, the famous. CAMG. In addition to its architecture, this city serves as a relay for a cultural-colonial itinerary that enchants and fascinates, as it did for the first pioneers of gold hunting, particularly in the towns of Ouro Preto (not to be missed are the churches of São Francisco de Assis, the Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Pilar, and the Museu da Inconfidência), Congonhas, São João del Rei, Diamantina, Sabará and Serro, linked to the genius of the Baroque master Aleijadinho, all nestled between sinuous mountains. In Mariana, you can also enter the Mina da Passagem, the largest mine in the world open to the public. In contrast, Tiradentes is teeming with craft workshops.